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NICARAGUAN VOLCANO ERUPTS, TH est city, is in the heart of Ni-

caragua’s cotton and sugar cane area Its intense activity

flame and ashes over the ag- ricultural countryside. The 3,200-foot peak, a few miles from Leon, Nicaragua's larg-

Telica, one of a dozen vol- canoes which dot the densely populated Pacific coast of Ni- caragua, spews smoke,

he says

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of them.”

Christian Church

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VANCOUVER /‘CP)—A fresh- nique almost overnight changed Adopted At Meet

faced, clubby business execu- the concept of copper mining in tive this week announced that British Columbia his firm would purchase equip- ll concentrates from the $5,- ment to raise its milling rate 300,000 mine are purchased by from 3.300 téiis 6T “copper” Con Suritone= Mining Cor ao a day to 10.000 tons a Lia ot Japan under a 10-year | hoard chairman, Kenneth Hues- ay. contract, tis, presided. Rev. Dib. How | HH. (Spud) Huestis. presi TIED TO PROSPECTING —_ ga, ,Dresited, Rev. Dik. Howiett) dent of Bethlehem Copper Cor- Herman Hneornes Huestis Is | the meeting. poration also announced that @ native o ericton, a prod- . the company had made its final, uct of United Empire Loyalist omnes ie nmineee aon payment on a five-year loan stock and a man tied to pros- beck ry the minutes of the last two years an# 15 days after pro- pecting from the-age of 12 whea poet wend tas. Ons now Ges- du-tion began. he moved to the iron-rich area)’. wae tae re the beard ie The picture of expansion and

of Superior, Wisc. } prosperity was a different one He was 19 when-he drifted | ‘he person of Balfour Read. : Vv Mr. Howlett, in giving the pas-| from that Spud Huestis pre- west to Colorado and on to Van- . :

, , tor’s report, said there was evi- sented 35 years ago when he couver. He worked as a ranch- | int in ny a pew and revital.| stumbled into the town of hand in the B.C. interior to get) many Wterways, Alta

his first grubstake. ized concern for the church, | Exhausted and starving after

days of wandering the country- side lost for five days while searching for mineral wealth, he burst into a restaurant and bevan to wolf down a bow!lful of hot potatoes on the counter.

The cook was understanding:

“That's okay, son."’ he said "KEEP ON EATING’

“Keep on eatin’. | don't need to know your name—I'l! just call you Spud.”

The incident whetted his ap- petite for potatoes and for fur- ther prowls that have taken him from the Arctic to Arizona and from Vancouver Island to New Brunswick and Africa.

But he never lost sight of his dream of developing a great copper mine in dry. rugged, Highland Valley, 140 miles northeast of Vancouver

Now president of Bethlehem, Mr. Huestis and associates Pat Reynolds and Jack ‘and W.H. McLallen have done just that,

meeting of Central Christian

in B.C. boom areas and in the|

| 1940s near Great Bear Lake and| ‘uture. The most notable advan-

, ; field of evangelism, wit: all Northwest Territories. He formed the Huestis Pros- other departments showing sat-

pecting Syndicate in 1947 and ‘Sfactory progress. located the Huestis Zone in the There was an increase over Nanson Creek area of the Yu-| the previous year in World out- kon but money ran out. Later| reach giving, it was felt howev- he prospected in West Africa|er that there was need for great- but had to return in 1950 suffer-|er involvment in this area. A ing malaria. |word of appreciation was ex- : j-ressed by the pastor for the a trah"Georade "Nevsa ‘eng isuhialnes of the many” ove Arizona, but had more luck| e Past year. _ within 10 miles of his Frederie-| Reports from all functional | ton home, selling mineral|committees and youth groups) claims staked there to New| Were read and accepted, and the) Brunswick Uranium Metals and/ constitution was then presented | Mining Limited. | for oteption. ohgjeat water i name and purpose reads: e| cat with “id fameae wach name of this congregation stall} and Jack McLallen, he formed|%€ Central Street a syndicate for intensive pros- pecting of the Highland Valley. By early 1955. Bethlehem was! incorporated with 100 claims. ‘By June, 800,000 shares of the} company were sold for $200,000) and extensive exploration be- ment, to win people to faith in

gan. Help came from the Amer- | ican Smelting and Refining Scares Gs te ohana yrernd Company- but when the area ap- them grow in the grace and| peared headed for production. | knowledge of Christ that in-| the price of copper fell off and | creasingly they may i ana }Acarce pulled cut. -do-His- will, and-to. work for the

The big break came in 1960) : | when a Sumitomo geologist saw) antty of off Christians oot |

} . |them engage the valley and—armed with a : comprehensive feasibility stady aut of waiting the Kingtom of

|—convinced his company to tie) “». . oe up with Bethlehem. The meeting closed with pray-|

Me er and a note of expectancy ... |

filiated with the brotherh 0 od) known.as-the Disciples.of Christ. and committed to the historic | principles of this body dreams.

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WESTERN BRIEFS

EX RESIDENT DIES |

Mrs. Edward A. Griffin of What he calls his other “cats! Shawinigan, Que. forwards clip-|4"4 dogs,” including the prest- pings from the Western Catholic | dencv of Buttle Lake Mines and|

e e Sea ae gas Seat eve aeares| FOOT Mission Talks Quality

Gerald Howard Griffin, rector | Pe, Cariboo Gold Quarts. and

of St. Joseph's Seminary, Ed-| Western Mines: and director- |

monton, and a native of Burton, Sips in Tribag Mining and New|

P.E.I, Survivors include two| Brunswick U'ranium, Metals). HALIFAX. (CP)—A member |

brothers, Frank Griffin and Ed- “rina ne ies ofa Gropenen ati food del- | . Griffin, Burton. | :

ward A. Griffin, both of Burton omnes Seah, ae car ae.

ing for new mines. exporters TWO ACCIDENTS 4“ don’t gamble on mining erlise-"the time of -pleasant-plati- Town police in Summerside : . ie :

Investigated two accidents ear- ‘

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worry about the ticker - tape,” {tudes about Commonwealth af-| | filiations is over.” " John L. Hastings told a Board | in is trying.to make mines and of Trade luncheon at the end of | I'll settle for a Baker's dozen a nationwide tour by the delega-| tion ‘‘Britaig has to buy on the } world market“ and the empha- |

sis is on quality.” Other tries ‘‘thrust

image

buyers.

Commonwealth their images down | British throats constantly,’ and | Canadians must mold h - le rial

than multi rovinc r SUMMERSIDE -- The annual alities, tor dealing with ‘British

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Western And Central Districts [The Guardian Charlottetown, Thurs. Feb. 4. 1965.8

Lobster Possession Nets Iwo-Month Term

ALBERTON — Charles Pat- rick Powers, Alberton South, was sentenced to two months in the Prince County Jail by

been involved in the offense by which the goods were ob-| tained but only in failing to re-| port the matter immediately to

an area| pearance but changed his plea - yesterday to guilty. In addition a dory used jn Joseph Hilory O’Holloran, Lot | the offense was or- 7, was given a one year sus-| dered confiscated. The lobsters pended sentence when he plead- | were seized Sept. 16 at Alber- ed guilty to breaking and en-| ton South. The crown was rep- tering a dwelling house owned | resented by Neil R. MacLeod. by Henry Dalton and taking a| Evidence for the prosecution number of small tools and ; other houschold articles. In - addition he was ordered to keep the peace and be of good be- . Kemp, Captain| havior, appear for sentence! Morrison of the patrol

Howe Point and Sterling bond Palmer, deck hand on the ves- Joseph Cyril Bernard, st. | ' Edwards, was fined $25 and| Arnold. Joseph Gaudet, Tig- costs or 15 days for taking a| nish, was fined $100 and costs vehicle from the propérty of | for unlawfully having in his Isaac Dunbar with intent to! possession a phonograph valued °perate same at $100, a floor polisher valued Kevin Joseph Gavin, Tignish, | at $35, and silverware valued Ws’ fined $10 and costs for at $35, knowing they were ob- driving without a license and the commission of Robert James Murphy, Clare- | Defense Ment, was given a similar fine for driving on the wrong side of the highway

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| CORNWALL, Ont. (CP) — A United Church minister has re- signed his 24-year-old ministry here because “I am just a little

tired.

to demand of its ministers.”

0 Rev. Frank Ball, Minister of

He staked through the 1930s | Which indicated a challenging | st. Paul's United Church in and aggressive program for the| Cornwall, said in his letter of

a resignation that the distaste for

Indian Mountain Lake in the es im the past year was in the his ministry among members of

the church board enough to constitute

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The board's opposition to ministry had dated baek to |when his wife ran as a

the federal riding of Though he had -not pulpit in any way interests, a board has tried to

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(church) board,” Mr, | Ball, who was ordained 18 years ago, said in an interview Wed-

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- “contentious Christian | ‘ssues” im his sermons from Church, Summerside, P.E.1., af- 902-Partisan viewpoint.

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(CP)—Prime Minis-| among Labor-supporting news- terWilson has called off his |papers in Britain over Wilson’s planned visits to Canada and ; Wilson’ the United States this month aides angued the Churchill fun- and instead will concentrate 9n |eral gave the prime minister an plans to visit West Germany opportunity to hold brief talks and France next month. with world leaders here, inciud-

His office said Wednesday ing Erhard and de Gaulle. may open talks with’ Britain's concern is to devise

French President de Gaulle at German demands for nuclear

is great Paris. power but without giving that

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Magistrate W. Chester S. Mac- | the RCMP. Donald yesterday when he was’ Gaudet had pleaded not | F found guilty of possession of guilty at a previous court ap-

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CITY IONS HONOR MAYOR Allison Gill (left), president Gaudet for his help end eer

of Charlottetown Lions Club, ic presents retiring Mayor A.W. operation while in office, The,

Gaudet with a gift on behalf tation, Mr. Gill the mayor was also guest speakers of the club at the group's re- gratitude of the club to Mayor + et eee ee

Kosygin’s Mission To Hanoi May Influence S. Viet Nam.

MOSCOW Premier, But there is another, posilill> Alexei Kosygin leaves today on ity: ; — a mission = = The long-term goal of:the ie proteandiy - iipusase ‘sygin mission may "be to try to Nam situation- and the U.S. po- sition ‘in Southeast Asia. ctih cee ie is stacked with experts who can| arrange ‘‘the necessary

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